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The Counterfeit Coin argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy. In turn, these media are making fantasy itself visible in new ways. Though apparently asocial and egocentric, fantasy has become a key term in social contestations of the emerging medium. At issue is whose fantasies are catered to, who feels powerful and gets their way, and who is left out.

Drawing on conversations with teachers and classroom observations in two elementary schools, How Schools Meet Students' Needs explores the factors that enable and constrain teachers in their efforts to meet students' needs and the consequences of how schools organize this work on teachers' labor and students' learning.

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This collection brings together academics, artists, and activists—from different generations, countries, ethnic backgrounds, and HIV statuses—to reflect on how gay sex has changed in a post-PrEP era, critique the role Big Pharma now plays in queer life, and argue for the value of sexual community, promiscuity, and pleasure.

A History of Horror, 2nd Edition, with rare stills from classic films, is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of the ever-popular horror film genre. Chronologically examining over fifty horror films from key periods, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of legendary characters and explores how the genre fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded glo...

From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals explains how a group of Catholic lay catechists educated in liberation theology became early regional protagonists in El Salvador’s revolutionary war (1980-92). The book chronicles the steps by which state violence led peacful men of God to join a revolutionary organization in which they came to play important roles for the duration of the twelve-year military conflict.

Founded in 1856 by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Newark, Seton Hall University has played a large part in New Jersey and American Catholic life for nearly two centuries. From its modest beginnings as a small college and seminary to its present position as a major national university, it has always sought to provide ¿a home for the mind, the heart, and the spirit.¿   In this vivid and elegantly written history, Dermot Quinn examines how Seto...

In Just Like Us: Digital Debates on Feminism and Fame, Caitlin E. Lawson examines the rise of celebrity feminism, its intersections with digital culture, and its complicated relationships with race, sexuality, capitalism, and misogyny. Through in-depth analyses of online debates, Lawson demonstrates how networked negotiations of celebrity culture and feminism are transforming popular engagements with the movement.

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Transnational Cultural Flow from Home examines New York Korean immigrants’ collective efforts to preserve their cultural traditions and cultural practices and their efforts to transmit and promote them to New Yorkers by focusing on the Korean cultural elements such as language, foods, cultural festivals, and traditional and contemporary performing arts. This publication was supported by the 2022 Korean Studies Grant Program of the Academy of K...

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Poetries – Politics: A Celebration of Language, Art, and Learning  is a catalogue that celebrates the best of innovative humanities pedagogy and creative graphic design and that provides a platform for the incredible generative power of student-led work.

Examining how 1980, the year Reagan was elected in a landslide, was a turning point in American history, cultural historian Jim Cullen looks at the year’s most notable movies, television shows, songs, and books to garner surprising insights about how Americans’ attitudes were changing at this pivotal moment.

Working-class white and black women practiced the same Depression survival strategies across race. Archived 1930s interviews with 1, 340 Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and South Bend women, and letters from domestic workers articulate common resourcefulness in employment, housework, and acquisition of relief. Institutionalized racism in employment, housing, and relief, however, assured that Black women worked harder, but fared worse.

This book examines core concepts relevant to Latinx families as they relate to child maltreatment. Utilizing cases of three families, child maltreatment in Latinx families is contextualized within the pervasive structural racism and inequality in the United States while the resilience and strengths of Latinx families are highlighted.

This book examines core concepts relevant to Latinx families as they relate to child maltreatment. Utilizing cases of three families, child maltreatment in Latinx families is contextualized within the pervasive structural racism and inequality in the United States while the resilience and strengths of Latinx families are highlighted.

This book examines core multicultural concepts (e.g., intersectionality, acculturation, spirituality, oppression) as they relate to child maltreatment in the United States. Specifically, this book examines child maltreatment through the interaction of feminist, multicultural and prevention/wellness promotion lenses. Five case studies, which are introduced early on are revisited to help the readers make important and meaningful connections betw...

This book embraces a decolonizing praxis that emphasizes a broader understanding of Native American/Alaska Native child maltreatment and utilizes an Indigenous-feminist lens to conceptualize, treat, intervene, and promote wellness. Specifically, this book examines child maltreatment through the intersection of feminist, multicultural, and prevention/wellness promotion lenses. This state of the art text interconnects Native elders/scholars' sto...

This book speaks to the intersection of gender and power within American evangelicalism by examining the formation of evangelical leaders at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Asbury Theological Seminary,  arguing that evangelical culture upholds male-centered structures of power even as it facilitates meaning and identity for both men and women.

The American Historical Imaginary: Contested Narratives of the Past in Mass Culture analyzes the shared understanding of America’s past that is formed through entertainment, education, and politics. Caroline Guthrie examines our historical imaginary and argues it is crucial to understanding our national identity.